Court fees for civil & family court cases

You might need to pay a fee at different stages of a civil or family court case.

When you need to pay a court fee

You might need to pay a fee when you give the court each document for your case, like a statement of claim, statement of defence and interlocutory application, or an application for a Parenting Order or Relationship Property Order.

This is called filing your documents.

You might also need to pay a fee when you ask the court to do things like hold a hearing, seal documents or give copies of documents.

How much you need to pay

Check the court you are going through to see how much the fees will cost: